I am honored to be coming home to a world-class institution with a strong tradition of academic excellence and that has offered outstanding teaching, research, and engagement opportunities for more than 165 years.

This is evident in everything from the high national rankings of many of our graduate programs to the excellent placement rates of our Hawkeye teacher leaders across the state, nation, and globe. In fact, our teacher preparation program is consistently ranked the No. 1 program in the state and 86 percent of our graduates are still in education five years post-graduation, much higher than the national average of 51 percent.

I encourage you to explore our website and learn more about our strong teacher preparation programs in elementary and secondary education as well as our 45 rigorous graduate programs. Our academic programs are high quality yet affordable. You will learn that our caring and dedicated faculty and staff are committed to fostering authentic dialogue about diversity and pursuing research and service opportunities with a strong social justice focus. We care about serving real world problems.

Our college is also home to eight research centers dedicated to everything from gifted education and talent development to measurement and assessment, assistive technology and reading research.

Discover our many cutting-edge programs and certifications with online options and flexibility to accommodate your aspirations. We are dedicated to fostering student success. Our goal is to empower you with the skills, creativity, and resolve to truly transform lives, whether working as a teacher, principal or superintendent, professor, test writer, rehabilitation counselor, psychologist or administrator.

Please stop by to say hello on your campus visit and feel free to email me at dan-clay@uiowa.edu if I can be of any assistance.